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Republican · Arizona House, district 29

Serving since Jan 9, 2023AZ 2025–26 session

Portrait of Steve Montenegro, rendered as a two-tone print
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78%
of sponsored bills got out of committee, in the top 5% of the Arizona House

78% of 18 sponsored bills got out of committee; the average for the Arizona House is 34%. Ranks 3rd of 56, where 1st is the highest share.

The share of bills Montenegro sponsored that a committee reported out or a chamber passed, ranked within the Arizona House. Members of the majority party and committee chairs move more bills, so the rank reflects position as well as effort.

At a glance

6 measures against State House Republicans. Montenegro reported $218.0K in the 2026 cycle, in the top tenth of State House Republicans (median $33.7K). The policy areas Montenegro talks about and legislates on agree at 0.57 on a 0–1 scale, in the top half of State House Republicans.

The measures on which Montenegro sits furthest from the middle of State House Republicans, each against the same group, with the CSIP score when there is one. Every number is explained in its own section below.

Out of committee

78%

Arizona House average 34% · ranks 3rd of 56

Attendance

99.5%

Arizona House average 93.0% · ranks 7th of 60 · 1,672 roll calls

Itemized, 2026

$218.0K

State House Republicans’ median $33.7K · ranks 232nd of 2,521

Party unity

97.5%

Arizona House average 93.3% · ranks 13th of 60 · 45 votes against the majority of Arizona House Republicans

Talk-to-bills agreement

0.57

State House Republicans average 0.53 · ranks 186th of 504

CSIP ideology

+0.34

Right of 0, the centre of the scale · ± 0.03

Peer group: State House Republicans. Rank 1 is the highest value in the group; the thick bar is Montenegro, the thin grey bar the peer average. The headline is the measure on which Montenegro is most unusual among peers (Methods, §08).

Back to topNext: What politicians say

What Montenegro says

Montenegro claims credit more than 92% of State House Republicans. Credit claiming in 32% of 82 statements, against 13% for the average State House Republican; 56th of 791.

An AI model reads each of Montenegro’s 82 statements in the AZ 2025–26 session (82 posts on X) and marks the kinds of statement it contains: a personal attack, criticism of a policy, discussion of policy, bipartisanship, credit claiming, and extreme labels. A statement can carry several. Every rate is compared with the average for State House Republicans and ranked among them.

Kinds of statement

Share of statements carrying each label, the AZ 2025–26 session

0%80%
Montenegro
Peers
Rank
Policy discussion43 statements
52%
32%
99th of 791
Credit claiming26 statements
32%
13%
56th of 791
Policy criticism13 statements
16%
9%
156th of 791
Personal attacks1 statements
1%
3%
370th of 791
Bipartisanship1 statements
1%
2%
370th of 791
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Montenegro's share of statements in each category against the State House Republicans average.
RowMontenegroPeers
Policy discussion52%32%
Credit claiming32%13%
Policy criticism16%9%
Personal attacks1%3%
Bipartisanship1%2%
82

statements classified

82 posts on X.

posts on X: 82 (100.0%)posts on X 82
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Montenegro's statements by source
PartValue
posts on X82
How to read the bars

The thick bar is Montenegro; the thin grey bar is the average State House Republicans. A longer thick bar means Montenegro does this more than peers. Rank 1 is the highest rate in the group.

Extreme labels

Montenegro used extreme labels in 1.2% of statements, below the peer average. 1 statement, most often aimed at Democratic Party; peers 1.4%.

  1. “communist”1

Who gets the labels

Targets named alongside an extreme label, by number of statements

  1. Democratic Party1
What an extreme label is

Calls a politician, a party or a policy “far left”, “far right”, “MAGA”, “extreme”, “radical”, “woke”, “fascist” or “communist”. The target is who or what the label was aimed at. The lists show the five most used labels and targets; the toggle shows the rest.

Month by month

Share of statements per month, the AZ 2025–26 session

Statements2025-01: 102025-02: 52025-03: 02025-04: 42025-05: 22025-06: 32025-07: 12025-08: 02025-09: 42025-10: 02025-11: 22025-12: 52026-01: 52026-02: 02026-03: 12026-04: 12026-05: 62026-06: 102026-07: 92026-08: 62026-09: 72026-10: 1peak 10 · Jan ’25Personal attackspeak 0.0% · Jan ’25 · latest 0.0%Personal attacks, 2025-01: 0.0% of 10Personal attacks, 2025-02: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Personal attacks, 2025-03: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Personal attacks, 2025-04: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Personal attacks, 2025-05: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Personal attacks, 2025-06: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Personal attacks, 2025-07: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Personal attacks, 2025-08: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Personal attacks, 2025-09: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Personal attacks, 2025-10: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Personal attacks, 2025-11: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Personal attacks, 2025-12: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Personal attacks, 2026-01: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Personal attacks, 2026-02: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Personal attacks, 2026-03: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Personal attacks, 2026-04: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Personal attacks, 2026-05: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Personal attacks, 2026-06: 0.0% of 10Personal attacks, 2026-07: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Personal attacks, 2026-08: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Personal attacks, 2026-09: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Personal attacks, 2026-10: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Policy criticismpeak 20.0% · Jan ’25 · latest 20.0%Policy criticism, 2025-01: 20.0% of 10Policy criticism, 2025-02: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Policy criticism, 2025-03: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Policy criticism, 2025-04: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Policy criticism, 2025-05: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Policy criticism, 2025-06: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Policy criticism, 2025-07: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Policy criticism, 2025-08: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Policy criticism, 2025-09: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Policy criticism, 2025-10: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Policy criticism, 2025-11: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Policy criticism, 2025-12: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Policy criticism, 2026-01: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Policy criticism, 2026-02: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Policy criticism, 2026-03: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Policy criticism, 2026-04: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Policy criticism, 2026-05: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Policy criticism, 2026-06: 20.0% of 10Policy criticism, 2026-07: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Policy criticism, 2026-08: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Policy criticism, 2026-09: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Policy criticism, 2026-10: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Policy discussionpeak 60.0% · Jun ’26 · latest 60.0%Policy discussion, 2025-01: 50.0% of 10Policy discussion, 2025-02: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Policy discussion, 2025-03: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Policy discussion, 2025-04: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Policy discussion, 2025-05: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Policy discussion, 2025-06: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Policy discussion, 2025-07: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Policy discussion, 2025-08: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Policy discussion, 2025-09: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Policy discussion, 2025-10: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Policy discussion, 2025-11: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Policy discussion, 2025-12: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Policy discussion, 2026-01: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Policy discussion, 2026-02: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Policy discussion, 2026-03: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Policy discussion, 2026-04: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Policy discussion, 2026-05: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Policy discussion, 2026-06: 60.0% of 10Policy discussion, 2026-07: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Policy discussion, 2026-08: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Policy discussion, 2026-09: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Policy discussion, 2026-10: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Bipartisanshippeak 10.0% · Jun ’26 · latest 10.0%Bipartisanship, 2025-01: 0.0% of 10Bipartisanship, 2025-02: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Bipartisanship, 2025-03: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Bipartisanship, 2025-04: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Bipartisanship, 2025-05: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Bipartisanship, 2025-06: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Bipartisanship, 2025-07: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Bipartisanship, 2025-08: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Bipartisanship, 2025-09: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Bipartisanship, 2025-10: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Bipartisanship, 2025-11: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Bipartisanship, 2025-12: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Bipartisanship, 2026-01: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Bipartisanship, 2026-02: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Bipartisanship, 2026-03: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Bipartisanship, 2026-04: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Bipartisanship, 2026-05: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Bipartisanship, 2026-06: 10.0% of 10Bipartisanship, 2026-07: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Bipartisanship, 2026-08: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Bipartisanship, 2026-09: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Bipartisanship, 2026-10: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Credit claimingpeak 40.0% · Jun ’26 · latest 40.0%Credit claiming, 2025-01: 30.0% of 10Credit claiming, 2025-02: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Credit claiming, 2025-03: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Credit claiming, 2025-04: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Credit claiming, 2025-05: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Credit claiming, 2025-06: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Credit claiming, 2025-07: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Credit claiming, 2025-08: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Credit claiming, 2025-09: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Credit claiming, 2025-10: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Credit claiming, 2025-11: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Credit claiming, 2025-12: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Credit claiming, 2026-01: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Credit claiming, 2026-02: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Credit claiming, 2026-03: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Credit claiming, 2026-04: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Credit claiming, 2026-05: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Credit claiming, 2026-06: 40.0% of 10Credit claiming, 2026-07: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Credit claiming, 2026-08: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Credit claiming, 2026-09: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Credit claiming, 2026-10: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Extreme labelspeak 0.0% · Jan ’25 · latest 0.0%Extreme labels, 2025-01: 0.0% of 10Extreme labels, 2025-02: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Extreme labels, 2025-03: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Extreme labels, 2025-04: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Extreme labels, 2025-05: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Extreme labels, 2025-06: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Extreme labels, 2025-07: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Extreme labels, 2025-08: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Extreme labels, 2025-09: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Extreme labels, 2025-10: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Extreme labels, 2025-11: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Extreme labels, 2025-12: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Extreme labels, 2026-01: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Extreme labels, 2026-02: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Extreme labels, 2026-03: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Extreme labels, 2026-04: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Extreme labels, 2026-05: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Extreme labels, 2026-06: 0.0% of 10Extreme labels, 2026-07: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Extreme labels, 2026-08: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Extreme labels, 2026-09: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Extreme labels, 2026-10: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Jan ’25Jul ’25Jan ’26Jul ’26Oct ’26
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Monthly rates for Montenegro, each row shaded against its own peak, with statement volume. Months with fewer than 10 statements are left blank.
ColumnStatementsPersonal attacksPolicy criticismPolicy discussionBipartisanshipCredit claimingExtreme labels
Jan ’25100.0%20.0%50.0%0.0%30.0%0.0%
Feb ’255— (fewer than 10 statements)— (fewer than 10 statements)— (fewer than 10 statements)— (fewer than 10 statements)— (fewer than 10 statements)— (fewer than 10 statements)
Mar ’250— (fewer than 10 statements)— (fewer than 10 statements)— (fewer than 10 statements)— (fewer than 10 statements)— (fewer than 10 statements)— (fewer than 10 statements)
Apr ’254— (fewer than 10 statements)— (fewer than 10 statements)— (fewer than 10 statements)— (fewer than 10 statements)— (fewer than 10 statements)— (fewer than 10 statements)
May ’252— (fewer than 10 statements)— (fewer than 10 statements)— (fewer than 10 statements)— (fewer than 10 statements)— (fewer than 10 statements)— (fewer than 10 statements)
Jun ’253— (fewer than 10 statements)— (fewer than 10 statements)— (fewer than 10 statements)— (fewer than 10 statements)— (fewer than 10 statements)— (fewer than 10 statements)
Jul ’251— (fewer than 10 statements)— (fewer than 10 statements)— (fewer than 10 statements)— (fewer than 10 statements)— (fewer than 10 statements)— (fewer than 10 statements)
Aug ’250— (fewer than 10 statements)— (fewer than 10 statements)— (fewer than 10 statements)— (fewer than 10 statements)— (fewer than 10 statements)— (fewer than 10 statements)
Sep ’254— (fewer than 10 statements)— (fewer than 10 statements)— (fewer than 10 statements)— (fewer than 10 statements)— (fewer than 10 statements)— (fewer than 10 statements)
Oct ’250— (fewer than 10 statements)— (fewer than 10 statements)— (fewer than 10 statements)— (fewer than 10 statements)— (fewer than 10 statements)— (fewer than 10 statements)
Nov ’252— (fewer than 10 statements)— (fewer than 10 statements)— (fewer than 10 statements)— (fewer than 10 statements)— (fewer than 10 statements)— (fewer than 10 statements)
Dec ’255— (fewer than 10 statements)— (fewer than 10 statements)— (fewer than 10 statements)— (fewer than 10 statements)— (fewer than 10 statements)— (fewer than 10 statements)
Jan ’265— (fewer than 10 statements)— (fewer than 10 statements)— (fewer than 10 statements)— (fewer than 10 statements)— (fewer than 10 statements)— (fewer than 10 statements)
Feb ’260— (fewer than 10 statements)— (fewer than 10 statements)— (fewer than 10 statements)— (fewer than 10 statements)— (fewer than 10 statements)— (fewer than 10 statements)
Mar ’261— (fewer than 10 statements)— (fewer than 10 statements)— (fewer than 10 statements)— (fewer than 10 statements)— (fewer than 10 statements)— (fewer than 10 statements)
Apr ’261— (fewer than 10 statements)— (fewer than 10 statements)— (fewer than 10 statements)— (fewer than 10 statements)— (fewer than 10 statements)— (fewer than 10 statements)
May ’266— (fewer than 10 statements)— (fewer than 10 statements)— (fewer than 10 statements)— (fewer than 10 statements)— (fewer than 10 statements)— (fewer than 10 statements)
Jun ’26100.0%20.0%60.0%10.0%40.0%0.0%
Jul ’269— (fewer than 10 statements)— (fewer than 10 statements)— (fewer than 10 statements)— (fewer than 10 statements)— (fewer than 10 statements)— (fewer than 10 statements)
Aug ’266— (fewer than 10 statements)— (fewer than 10 statements)— (fewer than 10 statements)— (fewer than 10 statements)— (fewer than 10 statements)— (fewer than 10 statements)
Sep ’267— (fewer than 10 statements)— (fewer than 10 statements)— (fewer than 10 statements)— (fewer than 10 statements)— (fewer than 10 statements)— (fewer than 10 statements)
Oct ’261— (fewer than 10 statements)— (fewer than 10 statements)— (fewer than 10 statements)— (fewer than 10 statements)— (fewer than 10 statements)— (fewer than 10 statements)
How to read the strips

Each row is one kind of statement; each cell is a month, shaded against that row’s own peak (darker = closer to the peak), with the peak and the latest value written at the right. The top row counts statements. The strip covers every month of the AZ 2025–26 session, the same span as the rates above, including months with no statements. A month with fewer than 10 statements is hatched, not shaded: one or two posts would swing its rate to 0% or 100%. 20 months are hatched here; 4 of them have no statements.

In Montenegro’s words

Real statements from the classifier’s example set, with the labels it assigned

Personal attacks

The text of this post is on X; follow the source link to read it.

Feb 26, 2025 · Posts on X (state legislators) · personal attacks; policy discussion; Government Operations and Politics; target: liberal judges · Source

Credit claiming

The text of this post is on X; follow the source link to read it.

Sep 29, 2026 · Posts on X (state legislators) · policy discussion; credit claiming; Education; Taxation · Source

Extreme label

The text of this post is on X; follow the source link to read it.

Aug 6, 2026 · Posts on X (state legislators) · extreme label “communist” aimed at Democratic Party · Source

Examples by category

Up to five recent statements in each category

Category

Overtly questions a named person’s character, integrity or loyalty, or calls them names. Criticising a record or a policy does not count.

  1. Posts on X (state legislators)

    The text of this post is on X; follow the source link to read it.

    personal attacks · policy discussion · Government Operations and Politics · target: liberal judgesSource

All 82 statements

Newest first, the AZ 2025–26 session

The full feed

Five statements at a time, newest first; filters apply to the statements loaded so far. Export saves the statements that match. Sources: 82 posts on X.

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Policy

Education is what Montenegro talks about most: 23% of policy statements, above the peer share. Talk and legislation agree at 0.57 on a 0–1 scale (State House Republicans average 0.53; 186th of 504).

Each policy statement is tagged by the AI model with one or more of 25 policy areas from the Congressional Research Service list, so the shares say what Montenegro talks about. The bills Montenegro sponsors and cosponsors carry the same areas, so the two can be compared.

What Montenegro talks about

Share of policy statements by area, the AZ 2025–26 session

0%35%
Montenegro
Peers
Education10 statements
23%
15%
Government Operations and Politics9 statements
21%
18%
Taxation9 statements
21%
8%
Economics and Public Finance8 statements
19%
12%
Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues6 statements
14%
6%
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Policy areas Montenegro talks about, as a share of policy statements, against the State House Republicans average.
RowMontenegroPeers
Education23%15%
Government Operations and Politics21%18%
Taxation21%8%
Economics and Public Finance19%12%
Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues14%6%
How to read the bars

The thick bar is the share of Montenegro’s policy statements in an area; the thin grey bar is the average share for State House Republicans. A statement counts once in each of its areas, so shares can add to more than 100%. The five largest areas are shown; the toggle shows the rest.

Talks about · legislates on

Left: share of statements by policy area. Right: share of bills. Areas in order of their share of statements; both sides run from 0 to 35%. Grey ticks are the State House Republicans averages.

Talks aboutLegislates onEducationEducation, talks about: 23% (State House Republicans 15%)23%Education, legislates on: 3% (State House Republicans 9%)3%Government Operations andPoliticsGovernment Operations and Politics, talks about: 21% (State House Republicans 18%)21%Government Operations and Politics, legislates on: 28% (State House Republicans 12%)28%TaxationTaxation, talks about: 21% (State House Republicans 8%)21%Taxation, legislates on: 4% (State House Republicans 11%)4%Economics and Public FinanceEconomics and Public Finance, talks about: 19% (State House Republicans 12%)19%Economics and Public Finance, legislates on: 8% (State House Republicans 2%)8%Civil Rights and Liberties,Minority IssuesCivil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues, talks about: 14% (State House Republicans 6%)14%Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues, legislates on: 15% (State House Republicans 4%)15%
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Montenegro's share of statements against share of bills in each policy area.
AreaTalks aboutState House Republicans, talks aboutLegislates onState House Republicans, legislates on
Education23%15%3%9%
Government Operations and Politics21%18%28%12%
Taxation21%8%4%11%
Economics and Public Finance19%12%8%2%
Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues14%6%15%4%
0.57

talk-to-bills agreement, 0 to 1

State House Republicans average 0.53. Ranks 186th of 504.

What agreement means, and what it doesn’t

Agreement is 1 minus the distance between the two distributions (Jensen–Shannon): 1 means Montenegro legislates on exactly the areas Montenegro talks about, in the same proportions; 0 means no overlap. It does not say whether the bills match the positions in the statements, only the subjects. Bills Montenegro sponsored count fully, cosponsored bills a quarter. Shown with at least 20 policy statements and 5 bills.

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Ideology

Montenegro sits at +0.34 on the CSIP scale, right of 0, more liberal than 52% of State House Republicans. Approximate range +0.31 to +0.37, which understates the uncertainty; from 462 donors and 585 roll calls.

CSIP, the lab’s Common-Space Ideal Point, places every official, federal and state, on one left–right scale, estimated from roll-call votes, who gives money to whom, and the text of statements. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it; 0 is the centre of the scale, not a definition of “moderate”.

+0.34

CSIP ideal point

Approximate range +0.31 to +0.37. From 462 donors and 585 roll calls. Run 2026-10-25T215945. Blue is left of 0, red right of 0.

← More liberalMore conservative →0Montenegro +0.3State House Republicans +0.4Arizona House +0.2All State House +0.1

The outlined dot is Montenegro, coloured by its side of 0 (blue left, red right, deeper further out); the bar through it is the approximate range (±1.96 standard errors), which understates the uncertainty; the grey ticks below are the medians of Montenegro’s groups. 0 is the centre of the scale, not “moderate” by definition.

What this means, and what it doesn’t

The score summarises how an official votes, who funds them and how they talk, relative to everyone else. It does not grade positions as good or bad, and two officials with the same score can differ on any single issue. The ± range is 1.96 standard errors, which understates the uncertainty: scores whose ranges overlap may not differ at all, and even scores whose ranges do not overlap may not differ.

Where Montenegro sits

Every official in each group, on the CSIP scale

−2.0−1.00.0+1.0+2.0← More liberalMore conservative →State House Republicansmedian +0.4Montenegro +0.3Arizona Housemedian +0.2All State Housemedian +0.1
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Montenegro's CSIP score of +0.34 placed against State House Republicans, Arizona House, All State House.
GroupOfficialsMedianShare left of Montenegro
State House Republicans2917+0.448%
Arizona House60+0.273%
All State House5324+0.171%
How to read the strips

Every small dot is one official on the same scale, coloured by its own score (blue left of 0, red right of 0, grey at 0, deeper further out) and spread up and down only to keep dots apart; where a group is crowded the dots overlap, and darker patches mean more officials. The large outlined dot is Montenegro in every row; the rule is each group’s median. The table under the figure gives the share of each group to the left of Montenegro.

Back to topNext: Money

Money

Montenegro reported $218.0K in the 2026 cycle, 6.5 times the State House Republicans’ median of $33.7K. State filings report no small-donation total. 98% of itemized individual money came from Arizona.

Campaign money from state campaign-finance filings, as aggregates only; the lab never shows an individual donor. Campaigns must report by name every person who gives them more than $200 in a cycle (“itemized”); smaller gifts are reported only as one total (“unitemized”), so donor counts, donor states, employers and occupations describe itemized donors only. State filings report no small-gift total, so these figures add up itemized contributions only.

Election cycle
$218.0K

itemized in the 2026 cycle

From 130 itemized donors. State House Republicans’ median $33.7K.

Where the money came from

Each square is one percent of itemized contributions in the 2026 cycle.

Individuals (itemized): $104.0K (47.7%)Individuals (itemized): $104.0K (47.7%)Individuals (itemized): $104.0K (47.7%)Individuals (itemized): $104.0K (47.7%)Individuals (itemized): $104.0K (47.7%)Individuals (itemized): $104.0K (47.7%)Individuals (itemized): $104.0K (47.7%)Individuals (itemized): $104.0K (47.7%)Individuals (itemized): $104.0K (47.7%)Individuals (itemized): $104.0K (47.7%)Individuals (itemized): $104.0K (47.7%)Individuals (itemized): $104.0K (47.7%)Individuals (itemized): $104.0K (47.7%)Individuals (itemized): $104.0K (47.7%)Individuals (itemized): $104.0K (47.7%)Individuals (itemized): $104.0K (47.7%)Individuals (itemized): $104.0K (47.7%)Individuals (itemized): $104.0K (47.7%)Individuals (itemized): $104.0K (47.7%)Individuals (itemized): $104.0K (47.7%)Individuals (itemized): $104.0K (47.7%)Individuals (itemized): $104.0K (47.7%)Individuals (itemized): $104.0K (47.7%)Individuals (itemized): $104.0K (47.7%)Individuals (itemized): $104.0K (47.7%)Individuals (itemized): $104.0K (47.7%)Individuals (itemized): $104.0K (47.7%)Individuals (itemized): $104.0K (47.7%)Individuals (itemized): $104.0K (47.7%)Individuals (itemized): $104.0K (47.7%)Individuals (itemized): $104.0K (47.7%)Individuals (itemized): $104.0K (47.7%)Individuals (itemized): $104.0K (47.7%)Individuals (itemized): $104.0K (47.7%)Individuals (itemized): $104.0K (47.7%)Individuals (itemized): $104.0K (47.7%)Individuals (itemized): $104.0K (47.7%)Individuals (itemized): $104.0K (47.7%)Individuals (itemized): $104.0K (47.7%)Individuals (itemized): $104.0K (47.7%)Individuals (itemized): $104.0K (47.7%)Individuals (itemized): $104.0K (47.7%)Individuals (itemized): $104.0K (47.7%)Individuals (itemized): $104.0K (47.7%)Individuals (itemized): $104.0K (47.7%)Individuals (itemized): $104.0K (47.7%)Individuals (itemized): $104.0K (47.7%)Individuals (itemized): $104.0K (47.7%)PACs and other committees: $114.1K (52.3%)PACs and other committees: $114.1K (52.3%)PACs and other committees: $114.1K (52.3%)PACs and other committees: $114.1K (52.3%)PACs and other committees: $114.1K (52.3%)PACs and other committees: $114.1K (52.3%)PACs and other committees: $114.1K (52.3%)PACs and other committees: $114.1K (52.3%)PACs and other committees: $114.1K (52.3%)PACs and other committees: $114.1K (52.3%)PACs and other committees: $114.1K (52.3%)PACs and other committees: $114.1K (52.3%)PACs and other committees: $114.1K (52.3%)PACs and other committees: $114.1K (52.3%)PACs and other committees: $114.1K (52.3%)PACs and other committees: $114.1K (52.3%)PACs and other committees: $114.1K (52.3%)PACs and other committees: $114.1K (52.3%)PACs and other committees: $114.1K (52.3%)PACs and other committees: $114.1K (52.3%)PACs and other committees: $114.1K (52.3%)PACs and other committees: $114.1K (52.3%)PACs and other committees: $114.1K (52.3%)PACs and other committees: $114.1K (52.3%)PACs and other committees: $114.1K (52.3%)PACs and other committees: $114.1K (52.3%)PACs and other committees: $114.1K (52.3%)PACs and other committees: $114.1K (52.3%)PACs and other committees: $114.1K (52.3%)PACs and other committees: $114.1K (52.3%)PACs and other committees: $114.1K (52.3%)PACs and other committees: $114.1K (52.3%)PACs and other committees: $114.1K (52.3%)PACs and other committees: $114.1K (52.3%)PACs and other committees: $114.1K (52.3%)PACs and other committees: $114.1K (52.3%)PACs and other committees: $114.1K (52.3%)PACs and other committees: $114.1K (52.3%)PACs and other committees: $114.1K (52.3%)PACs and other committees: $114.1K (52.3%)PACs and other committees: $114.1K (52.3%)PACs and other committees: $114.1K (52.3%)PACs and other committees: $114.1K (52.3%)PACs and other committees: $114.1K (52.3%)PACs and other committees: $114.1K (52.3%)PACs and other committees: $114.1K (52.3%)PACs and other committees: $114.1K (52.3%)PACs and other committees: $114.1K (52.3%)PACs and other committees: $114.1K (52.3%)PACs and other committees: $114.1K (52.3%)PACs and other committees: $114.1K (52.3%)PACs and other committees: $114.1K (52.3%)
  • Individuals (itemized)48 squares$104.0K
  • PACs and other committees52 squares$114.1K
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Sources of Montenegro's money, 2026 cycle, one square per percent
SourceAmountShare
Individuals (itemized)$104.0K47.7%
PACs and other committees$114.1K52.3%
What this means, and what it doesn’t

Totals say how much a campaign took in, not how it was spent, and they rise sharply when a seat is up for election; compare cycles with that in mind.

Receipts by cycle

Itemized contributions, 2020 to 2026. The grey line is the State House Republicans’ median for 2026.

2020 cycle: $57.0K$57.0K20202022 cycle: $97.4K$97.4K20222024 cycle: $166.6K$166.6K20242026 cycle: $218.0K$218.0K2026State House Republicans median $33.7K
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Montenegro's receipts by cycle against the 2026 State House Republicans median.
ItemValue
2020 cycle$57.0K
2022 cycle$97.4K
2024 cycle$166.6K
2026 cycle$218.0K

Top donor states, 2026

Itemized contributions by donor state. 98% came from Arizona.

  1. Arizona$101.7K
  2. California$750
  3. Texas$500
  4. Minnesota$500
  5. Illinois$250

Small donations

State filings report no total for small gifts.

Not reported in state filings.

Where itemized donors live

Individuals who gave more than $200, by donor state

Alaska: no dataAKMaine: no dataMEVermont: no dataVTNew Hampshire: no dataNHWashington: no dataWAIdaho: no dataIDMontana: no dataMTNorth Dakota: no dataNDMinnesota: $500MNIllinois: $250ILWisconsin: no dataWIMichigan: no dataMINew York: no dataNYRhode Island: no dataRIMassachusetts: no dataMAOregon: no dataORNevada: no dataNVWyoming: no dataWYSouth Dakota: no dataSDIowa: no dataIAIndiana: no dataINOhio: no dataOHPennsylvania: no dataPANew Jersey: no dataNJConnecticut: no dataCTCalifornia: $750CAUtah: no dataUTColorado: $250CONebraska: no dataNEMissouri: no dataMOKentucky: no dataKYWest Virginia: no dataWVVirginia: no dataVAMaryland: no dataMDDelaware: no dataDEArizona: $101.7KAZNew Mexico: no dataNMKansas: no dataKSArkansas: no dataARTennessee: no dataTNNorth Carolina: no dataNCSouth Carolina: no dataSCDistrict of Columbia: no dataDCOklahoma: no dataOKLouisiana: no dataLAMississippi: no dataMSAlabama: no dataALGeorgia: no dataGAHawaii: no dataHITexas: $500TXFlorida: no dataFL
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Montenegro's itemized individual contributions by donor state, 2026 cycle
StateValue
Arizona$101.7K
California$750
Minnesota$500
Texas$500
Illinois$250
Colorado$250
AlaskaNo data
MaineNo data
VermontNo data
New HampshireNo data
WashingtonNo data
IdahoNo data
MontanaNo data
North DakotaNo data
WisconsinNo data
MichiganNo data
New YorkNo data
Rhode IslandNo data
MassachusettsNo data
OregonNo data
NevadaNo data
WyomingNo data
South DakotaNo data
IowaNo data
IndianaNo data
OhioNo data
PennsylvaniaNo data
New JerseyNo data
ConnecticutNo data
UtahNo data
NebraskaNo data
MissouriNo data
KentuckyNo data
West VirginiaNo data
VirginiaNo data
MarylandNo data
DelawareNo data
New MexicoNo data
KansasNo data
ArkansasNo data
TennesseeNo data
North CarolinaNo data
South CarolinaNo data
District of ColumbiaNo data
OklahomaNo data
LouisianaNo data
MississippiNo data
AlabamaNo data
GeorgiaNo data
HawaiiNo data
FloridaNo data
130

itemized donors

People who gave more than $200

98%

from Arizona

Of itemized individual dollars

How to read the map

Every state the same size. Darker states gave more itemized money; hatched states had no itemized donors; the outlined state is Arizona. Gifts of $200 or less carry no address and are left out.

Top donor occupations

Itemized, 2026 cycle.

  1. ATTORNEY$11.3K 12 donors
  2. CONSULTANT$10.7K 19 donors
  3. OWNER$7,600 6 donors
  4. PARTNER$6,900 8 donors
  5. CEO$5,200 7 donors

Top committees

PAC and committee contributions, 2026 cycle.

  1. #1022 ARIZONA COMMITTEE OF AUTOMOTIVE RETAILERS$6,500
  2. UNITEDHEALTH GROUP$5,500
  3. REALATORS OF ARIZONA PAC$5,000
  4. SOUTHWEST GAS ARIZONA PAC$4,500
  5. AMERICAN HOTEL AND LODGING ASSOCIATION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE ('HOTELPAC')$3,000

Top employers

Itemized, 2026 cycle.

  1. VERIDUS$3,850 7 donors
  2. SUNBELT HOLDINGS$2,500 3 donors

Aggregates only. Individual donors are never named.

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Votes

Montenegro voted with the majority of Arizona House Republicans on 97.5% of party-line votes and missed 0.5% of 1,672 roll calls. Arizona House on average: 93.3% party unity, 93.0% attendance. Across all roll calls, Montenegro voted against the majority of Arizona House Republicans 45 times.

1,672 roll calls Montenegro could vote on in the AZ 2025–26 session, compared with Arizona House. Attendance is the share with a vote recorded. Party unity counts only party-line roll calls, where most Democrats and most Republicans voted on opposite sides, and is the share of those where Montenegro voted with the majority of Arizona House Republicans. The count of votes against that majority covers every roll call where the majority took a side.

45

votes against the majority of Arizona House Republicans

Party unity 97.5%, Arizona House average 93.3%, ranks 13th of 60. 1,672 roll calls in the AZ 2025–26 session.

Attendance and party unity

The thick bar is Montenegro, the thin grey bar the Arizona House average. The scale runs from 80% to 100% to show the gap.

80%100%
Montenegro
Peers
Rank
Attendance
99.5%
93.0%
7th of 60
Party unity
97.5%
93.3%
13th of 60
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Montenegro's attendance and party unity against Arizona House.
RowMontenegroPeers
Attendance99.5%93.0%
Party unity97.5%93.3%
What this means, and what it doesn’t

A missed roll call has many causes, from illness to campaigning, so attendance says how often, not why. A vote against the majority can be on procedure as well as substance, and many fall on roll calls where both parties split; the key votes below show the ones that decided something.

Key votes

25 roll calls the lab flagged as key in the AZ 2025–26 session

Key votes
Party split (yea–nay)Why it’s key
Jun 13, 2026
HCR 2040
minimum wage; exception; homeless
Passed
YeaWith majoritypassD 0–22 · R 31–0Democrats 0 yea, 22 nay; Republicans 31 yea, 0 naymuch discussed
Jun 13, 2026
HB 2397
homeowners' associations; property covenants; disclosures
Passed
YeaWith majoritypassD 17–5 · R 30–0Democrats 17 yea, 5 nay; Republicans 30 yea, 0 naybecame law · party crossover
Jun 13, 2026
HB 2321
DCS; credit freeze; consumer reporting
Passed
YeaWith majoritypassD 2–20 · R 31–0Democrats 2 yea, 20 nay; Republicans 31 yea, 0 naybecame law
Jun 13, 2026
HB 2398
watercraft; insurance requirements; penalties
failed to pass
YeaWith majorityfailD 2–20 · R 19–12Democrats 2 yea, 20 nay; Republicans 19 yea, 12 nayparty crossover
Jun 13, 2026
HB 2406
department of veterans' services; study
Passed
YeaWith majoritypassD 5–17 · R 31–0Democrats 5 yea, 17 nay; Republicans 31 yea, 0 naybecame law · party crossover
How key votes are chosen

Automatically: a final-passage or override vote where the measure became law, the margin was under 10%, at least 10% of either party voted against its majority, or the bill was among the 25 most mentioned in officials’ own statements. Up to 25 per window, most recent first; five are shown. Bars show yea on the left, nay on the right, per party.

Votes most often with

The colleagues who voted the same way as Montenegro most often

  1. Michael CarboneR1,651 shared votes98%
  2. Michele PeñaR1,591 shared votes98%
  3. James TaylorR1,628 shared votes98%
  4. Chris LopezR1,565 shared votes98%
  5. Selina BlissR1,662 shared votes97%

Votes least often with

The colleagues who voted the same way as Montenegro least often

  1. Mariana SandovalD1,627 shared votes36%
  2. Anna AbeytiaD1,259 shared votes38%
  3. Quantá CrewsD1,426 shared votes40%
  4. Brian GarciaD1,519 shared votes41%
  5. Aaron MárquezD1,628 shared votes42%
How to read the agreement lists

The share of roll calls both members voted on where they voted the same way, among colleagues sharing at least 50 such votes. High agreement with members of the other party is common on routine votes.

Full voting record

AZ 2025–26 session, loads in batches

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Legislation

Montenegro sponsored 18 bills in the AZ 2025–26 session; none became law. Cosponsored 90 others. 78% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Arizona House average 34%; 3rd of 56).

The bills Montenegro sponsored and cosponsored in the AZ 2025–26 session, from the official bill records, and how far each got: introduced, referred to or acted on in committee, passed one chamber, passed both, became law. A bill counts at every stage it has reached, so the blocks only shrink to the right.

Bills by stage

Counts for the AZ 2025–26 session

Sponsored18 billsSponsored, Introduced: 1818Sponsored, In committee: 1616Sponsored, Passed one chamber: 1414Sponsored, Passed both chambers: 88Sponsored, Became law: 00Cosponsored90 billsCosponsored, Introduced: 9090Cosponsored, In committee: 8282Cosponsored, Passed one chamber: 7676Cosponsored, Passed both chambers: 6363Cosponsored, Became law: 2323IntroducedIncommitteePassed onechamberPassed bothchambersBecamelaw
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Bills Montenegro sponsored and cosponsored, by furthest stage reached
RoleIntroducedIn committeePassed one chamberPassed both chambersBecame law
Sponsored18161480
Cosponsored9082766323
How to read the blocks

Ink blocks are bills Montenegro sponsored, ochre blocks bills Montenegro cosponsored; the figure above each block is the count. Most bills in any legislature never leave committee, so a short staircase is the norm.

78%

of sponsored bills got out of committee

Arizona House average 34%. Ranks 3rd of 56.

Cosponsorship partners

Colleagues who most often cosponsor with Montenegro, by number of shared bills in the AZ 2025–26 session; the square shows their party.

  1. Michael Carbone61
  2. Julie Willoughby45
  3. Neal Carter42
  4. David Livingston41
  5. Michael Way20
What this means, and what it doesn’t

The score is the share of sponsored bills that a committee reported out or a chamber passed, with at least 5 sponsored bills, ranked within the peer group. Members of the majority party and committee chairs move more bills, so the rank reflects position in the chamber as well as effort. Cosponsorship partners are the five colleagues who share the most of Montenegro’s bills; the toggle shows more.

Bill list

Sponsored and cosponsored, with status and policy area; five are shown, the toggle shows the rest

Bills sponsored and cosponsored
HCR 2063Yvonne Fedderson; death resolutionCosponsorJun 13, 2026IntroducedUnassignedHouse First Reading. Jun 13, 2026
HR 2008Daniel Kayde Blackman; death resolutionCosponsorJun 10, 2026Passed one chamberUnassignedTransmit to Secretary of State Jun 10, 2026
HB 4161higher education; 2026-2027CosponsorJun 9, 2026Became lawEducation(model)Signed by Governor Jun 13, 2026
HB 4159environment; 2026-2027CosponsorJun 9, 2026Became lawEnvironmental Protection(model)Signed by Governor Jun 13, 2026
HB 4155amusements; 2026-2027CosponsorJun 9, 2026Became lawCommerce(model)Signed by Governor Jun 13, 2026

Back to topNext: Online

Online

A site that changed 1 time in 90 days. Montenegro’s official site had 1 page when last crawled on Oct 1, 2026.

The lab crawls Montenegro’s official and campaign websites (weekly for Congress, monthly for the states) and keeps every page’s text, so changes can be read later; it also records social accounts and describes the images Montenegro posts with a vision model.

Websites

How to read the counts

“Pages crawled” is the size of the site at the last crawl; “changes in 90 days” counts pages whose text differed from the previous crawl. Sites change for many routine reasons, such as new press releases, so a high count is not by itself notable.

Images Montenegro posted

No images from Montenegro’s posts have been described.

About the descriptions

Written by a vision model and may be wrong. Open the post to see the original. Five are shown; the toggle shows the rest.

State floor speeches

61 turns, Jan 9, 2023 to Jun 12, 2026

Floor speeches

Transcribed from chamber video or captions by the lab. They are not classified for kinds of statement.

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Methods and sources

How this page was made. Profile built Oct 28, 2026; site last built Oct 28, 2026. Every number on the page is computed from the sources listed here, by the same rules for every official; nothing is written by hand.

The headline

The headline is the measure on which Montenegro is most unusual among State House Republicans, chosen by one rule for every official of every party. The candidates are the rate of each kind of statement and of extreme labels, party unity, attendance, the small-donor share, the in-state share and total receipts of the latest cycle, the share of sponsored bills that got out of committee, talk-to-bills agreement, and the CSIP score’s place within the party group.

The builder ranks every measure within the same peer group the page compares it with, and writes each official’s percentile: the share of the group below the value, ties counting half, so 0.5 is the median and a value shared by many never ranks first. A measure’s score is how far that percentile sits from the median (0 in the middle, 0.5 at either end), and the highest score leads if it is above 0.25, outside the middle half of the group. Scores within 0.03 of each other are a tie, broken in this order: votes against the party majority, kinds of statement, ideology, roll calls missed, small donations, in-state money, legislation, agreement, extreme labels, receipts.

A measure counts only with at least 200 statements, 100 roll calls or 5 sponsored bills behind it and a peer group of at least 10. Two things never lead: high party unity or attendance, where most members sit, and a high rate of a kind of statement backed by fewer than 10 statements. When nothing qualifies, the headline is a neutral fact instead: statements classified, or years in office. The wording always names the direction (“in the bottom 5% of …”, “votes against the majority of …”).

Identifiers

Profile id
37f8815d-1672-42dd-9e9b-305449d7bb8b
Open States
ocd-person/37f8815d-1672-42dd-9e9b-305449d7bb8b

Bulk files with the same data for every official:

Freshness of this profile’s data

  • What politicians sayOct 27, 20261 days agoMembers of Congress: tweets since 2017; press releases, newsletters and floor speeches since 2022. State legislators: tweets since May 2024. Governors: tweets since January 2025. Labels from an LLM classifier.
  • Roll calls (state)Oct 21, 20267 days agoOpen States floor roll calls, 2019 on (none for AK and MO).
  • Bills (state)Oct 28, 2026todayOpen States bills and sponsors, 2019 on; stages from roll calls.
  • Campaign money (state)no dateState campaign-finance agencies, 2019 on; aggregates only.
  • Ideology (CSIP)Oct 25, 20263 days agoCommon-Space Ideal Points (CSIP), current validated run.
  • WebsitesOct 25, 20263 days agoWeekly crawls of federal sites since April 2026; monthly state crawls since June 2026.
  • State floor speechesOct 21, 20267 days agoState floor speech turns (published transcripts and captions), 2020 on; not LLM-classified.

How the measures work

What politicians say
Every post, press release, newsletter and congressional floor speech is read by a language model and marked for personal attacks, policy criticism, policy discussion, bipartisanship and credit claiming. A statement can be in several. Rates are shares of statements in the window. The methods paper.
Extreme labels
A statement has an extreme label when it calls a politician, party or policy “far left”, “far right”, “MAGA”, “extreme”, “radical”, “woke”, “fascist” or “communist”. The target is who the label is aimed at.
Policy areas and agreement
Statements and bills share 25 Congressional Research Service policy areas (state bills are assigned by a language model). Agreement is 1 − Jensen–Shannon distance between the two distributions, shown with at least 20 policy statements and 5 bills.
Ideology (CSIP)
Common-Space Ideal Points place federal and state officials on one left–right scale, estimated jointly from roll calls, campaign contributions and the text of statements, with standard errors. Only a validated run is shown. The methods paper.
Campaign money
Campaigns report by name only donors who give more than $200 in a cycle; smaller gifts are reported as one total. Federal totals and the small-donor share come from the FEC’s financial summaries of each campaign committee. Donor counts, donor states, employers and occupations cover itemized donors only. State filings report no small-gift totals, so state figures are itemized only. The lab never publishes donor names.
Votes and key votes
Attendance, party unity and the count of votes against the majority of an official’s own party come from roll calls (Voteview for Congress, chamber records for the states). Key votes are final-passage or override votes that became law, were decided by under 10%, saw at least 10% of a party vote against its majority, or concerned one of the 25 bills most mentioned in officials’ statements.
Peers and ranks
Comparisons are with the same party, chamber and level (for example House Democrats); state legislators are compared within their state and chamber for votes. Every comparison names its group. Rank 1 is the highest value in the group; tied values share the average of their ranks, and the percentile is the share of the group below the value, ties counting half.

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